The sun just experienced its first ‘spotless days’ in 4 years — but we’re not in the clear yet
Earlier this week, the number of visible sunspots on our home star fell to zero for the first time in 1,335 days. This normally indicates
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NASA announces sweeping overhaul of Artemis return to moon, targeting a 2028 landing and a 2027 in-orbit docking flight
A major shakeup to NASA’s Artemis program will step rocket launches up to an annual basis, and discard a Boeing-designed upper stage.
Inherited diseases don’t work like we thought they did
“Monogenic” diseases, triggered by mutations in just one gene, may actually be more complex than scientists thought.
Science history: Carbon-14 is discovered, opening a window into past civilizations — Feb. 27, 1940
Martin Kamen and Samuel Ruben’s discovery of the radioactive isotope carbon-14 in 1940 helped usher in a new era of dating artifacts from past civilizations.
Not even the Himalayas are immune to traffic smog
Smog from cars and trucks is an expected health hazard in big cities, but researchers from the University of Cincinnati found pollution from truck exhaust
Here’s how honeyeaters and other birds thrive on sugary diets
Birds that feed on nectar or fruit evolved better mechanisms for managing metabolism, blood pressure and high glucose.
NASA lost a lunar spacecraft one day after launch. A new report details what went wrong
Why did a $72 million mission to study water on the moon fail so soon after launch? A new NASA report has the answer. (Image
These major issues have brought together Democrats and Republicans in states
Across the country, Republicans and Democrats have found bipartisan agreement on regulating artificial intelligence and data centers. But it’s not just big tech aligning the
Humans and Neanderthals interbred — but it was mostly male Neanderthals and female humans who coupled up, study finds
A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are “Neanderthal deserts” in human chromosomes.
‘Revolutionary’: Vera C. Rubin Observatory found 800,000 objects of interest in a single night
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory sent scientists nearly 1 million astronomy alerts in one night, showing off changes in the sky. Eventually, the telescope is
Giant ‘spiderwebs’ on Mars contain tiny egg-like structures that scientists ‘can’t quite explain,’ NASA rover reveals
New photos captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover show that Mars’ giant, spiderweb-like “boxwork” features are covered in tiny, never-before-seen nodules that bear a striking resemblance
Inside Project Hail Mary
NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren takes a selfie with the people behind “Project Hail Mary” and the audience during a panel about the movie at NASA’s
Mosquitoes began biting humans more than a million years ago
A DNA analysis suggests mosquitoes shifted from nonhuman primates to early humans nearly 2 million years ago.
Can you trust the results from gut microbiome tests? Maybe not
Seven firms reported inconsistent results on the same sample, some over multiple tests. These gut microbe discrepancies could have health consequences.